Source: APSED* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2015-16. Appendixes 4 and 5 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

Agriculture and Water Resources

28

2

26

20

1845

1811

1274

1484

880

1014

77

93

4130

4424

- Australian Fisheries Management Authority

2

2

4

3

38

29

76

73

51

52

2

2

173

161

- APVMA

.

.

.

.

22

20

50

76

69

76

5

4

146

176

- Murray Darling Basin Authority

8

13

2

2

26

15

99

127

124

126

12

9

271

292

Attorney-General's

36

49

13

14

151

210

549

584

511

615

65

168

1325

1640

- Administrative Appeals Tribunal

.

.

1

16

45

192

25

138

32

84

1

3

104

433

- ACLEI

.

.

.

.

1

1

8

13

12

20

2

2

23

36

- AUSTRAC

.

.

.

.

27

29

128

155

113

149

7

9

275

342

- Australian Crime Commission

.

.

2

1

100

112

150

156

271

279

11

8

534

556

- Australian Financial Security Authority

.

.

4

13

166

167

145

174

90

98

6

7

411

459

- Australian Human Rights Commission

.

4

.

.

22

22

30

33

41

37

3

3

96

99

- Australian Law Reform Commission

.

.

.

.

2

2

4

3

5

4

1

1

12

10

- Commonwealth DPP

.

.

13

8

117

96

78

84

164

183

21

21

393

392

- CrimTrac Agency

1

5

1

2

32

30

75

88

87

97

2

2

198

224

- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court

.

.

38

41

235

234

152

156

167

161

7

5

599

597

- Federal Court of Australia

.

.

10

6

78

76

116

136

61

68

8

7

273

293

- National Archives of Australia

.

.

40

40

94

91

150

137

77

84

4

4

365

356

- OAIC

.

.

.

.

5

4

32

43

20

22

2

2

59

71

- Office of Parliamentary Counsel

.

.

.

.

13

8

29

34

34

34

19

21

95

97

Communications and the Arts

6

8

3

1

41

58

135

210

175

234

28

31

388

542

- ACMA

.

.

.

.

29

31

174

162

237

221

15

14

455

428

- Australian National Maritime Museum

.

.

1

1

31

31

38

35

17

27

.

.

87

94

- National Film and Sound Archive

.

.

7

5

59

53

68

62

28

29

1

2

163

151

- National Library of Australia

4

4

29

25

154

142

131

139

95

88

6

5

419

403

- National Museum of Australia

.

.

39

37

44

44

80

77

44

47

3

2

210

207

- National Portrait Gallery

.

.

1

1

7

12

18

15

17

15

.

.

43

43

- Old Parliament House

.

.

.

.

18

20

20

23

16

17

1

1

55

61

- Screen Australia

.

.

.

.

1

1

7

4

8

7

.

.

16

12

Defence

276

392

1036

950

3978

3667

8713

8402

5731

4932

130

113

19864

18456

- Defence Housing Australia

.

.

.

.

182

217

135

176

98

143

7

8

422

544

Education and Training

26

57

2

3

155

182

649

889

744

832

55

74

1631

2037

- AIATSIS

.

.

3

1

11

42

25

48

19

29

1

1

59

121

- Australian Research Council

.

.

.

1

3

3

57

54

50

55

1

2

111

115

- Australian Skills Quality Authority

.

.

.

.

20

15

82

78

68

69

.

2

170

164

- TEQSA

.

.

.

.

2

2

25

22

29

25

.

.

56

49

Employment

32

50

3

3

252

231

750

831

705

718

57

56

1799

1889

- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

1

5

6

.

.

6

7

- Comcare

4

5

27

26

144

148

270

285

143

150

7

8

595

622

- Fair Work Commission

.

.

4

4

56

44

138

145

57

55

4

4

259

252

- OFWBII

1

.

.

.

23

27

58

57

34

40

6

7

122

131

- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

11

4

3

4

201

205

394

409

132

128

12

10

753

760

- Safe Work Australia

1

1

.

.

8

5

39

40

54

50

2

4

104

100

- Workplace Gender Equality Agency

.

.

.

.

1

2

14

13

7

9

.

1

22

25

Environment

18

30

43

34

291

274

856

899

806

688

60

57

2074

1982

- Bureau of Meteorology

24

20

12

13

201

195

579

577

600

617

19

18

1435

1440

- Clean Energy Regulator

4

5

.

3

30

33

140

153

114

125

12

11

300

330

- Climate Change Authority

.

.

.

1

.

.

7

8

9

8

2

1

18

18

- GBRMPA

.

.

19

17

38

42

67

79

47

48

2

3

173

189

Finance

25

22

45

46

197

175

493

510

604

625

74

74

1438

1452

- Australian Electoral Commission

.

5

133

132

187

212

303

312

140

167

9

10

772

838

- Future Fund Management Agency

.

.

.

2

18

29

35

49

35

40

4

4

92

124

Foreign Affairs and Trade

89

76

8

5

167

174

1436

1441

1688

1742

254

257

3642

3695

- ACIAR

.

.

.

.

11

13

12

12

7

7

1

1

31

33

- AUSTRADE

.

.

.

.

35

38

109

121

303

314

55

54

502

527

Health

40

14

31

34

445

602

1240

2126

1394

1735

123

141

3273

4652

- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency

.

.

.

.

55

46

172

139

24

18

.

3

251

206

- ACSQHC

.

.

.

.

4

3

22

25

36

53

1

1

63

82

- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

4

9

1

2

28

27

123

136

137

137

8

6

301

317

- ARPANSA

.

.

9

8

17

15

39

42

52

57

3

4

120

126

- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

.

.

.

.

11

8

18

17

14

14

2

3

45

42

- Cancer Australia

.

.

.

.

4

.

27

35

15

17

2

3

48

55

- FSANZ

.

.

.

.

7

5

30

32

57

56

2

1

96

94

- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

.

.

.

.

3

3

11

12

30

25

.

.

44

40

- National Blood Authority

.

.

.

.

2

6

15

19

24

25

1

1

42

51

- NHMRC

.

.

1

1

32

25

69

76

72

83

7

6

181

191

- National Health Funding Body

.

.

.

.

1

1

3

6

6

6

.

.

10

13

- National Health Performance Authority

.

.

.

.

.

.

10

1

25

5

2

.

37

6

- National Mental Health Commission

.

.

.

.

1

2

2

4

5

7

.

1

8

14

- Organ and Tissue Authority

.

.

.

.

2

.

10

9

9

12

2

2

23

23

- Professional Services Review

.

.

.

.

2

4

7

6

7

5

1

1

17

16

Human Services

150

283

428

349

18302

18897

8639

8499

3405

3436

165

162

31089

31626

Immigration and Border Protection

52

166

37

64

2640

5010

3033

5504

1866

2621

109

148

7737

13513

Industry, Innovation and Science

52

80

28

21

467

495

1856

1989

1598

1635

89

99

4090

4319

- NOPSEMA

.

.

.

.

10

14

15

19

74

73

3

3

102

109

Infrastructure and Regional Development

29

34

1

1

94

88

476

484

521

487

52

51

1173

1145

- Australian Transport Safety Bureau

.

.

.

.

2

2

20

22

70

67

2

3

94

94

- National Capital Authority

.

.

4

3

8

10

14

13

15

19

2

2

43

47

Prime Minister and Cabinet

18

30

17

18

278

245

804

740

936

900

103

97

2156

2030

- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd.

1

2

119

96

62

59

29

33

17

18

2

3

230

211

- ANAO

13

18

3

4

47

47

111

103

132

127

26

28

332

327

- Australian Public Service Commission

.

.

4

4

34

26

64

62

96

95

8

10

206

197

- Commonwealth Ombudsman

.

.

.

.

33

35

47

57

49

50

5

4

134

146

- Digital Transformation Office

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

9

.

24

.

2

.

36

- OIGIS

.

.

.

.

.

.

5

4

9

8

1

1

15

13

- Office of National Assessments

.

.

.

.

15

7

38

37

64

76

14

11

131

131

- Torres Strait Regional Authority

.

.

8

6

5

6

15

18

16

13

.

.

44

43

Social Services

54

63

63

29

482

195

1702

1013

1225

865

105

64

3631

2229

- Australian Institute of Family Studies

.

.

1

1

3

4

12

12

25

26

.

.

41

43

- National Disability Insurance Agency

.

.

4

6

117

199

434

627

168

245

19

36

742

1113

Treasury

51

61

44

36

108

104

419

393

401

451

89

89

1112

1134

- Australian Bureau of Statistics

44

131

11

9

646

459

1214

1391

599

672

36

43

2550

2705

- ACCC

9

32

1

.

62

63

312

326

309

347

40

42

733

810

- ASIC

31

22

85

124

206

199

353

394

774

818

3

3

1452

1560

- Australian Taxation Office

190

42

902

821

6379

6323

5739

5839

4845

4336

205

217

18260

17578

- National Competition Council

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

1

.

- Productivity Commission

5

7

.

.

15

13

41

46

85

85

14

15

160

166

Veterans' Affairs

17

18

82

67

490

467

915

909

387

361

31

29

1922

1851

- Australian War Memorial

.

.

21

29

60

53

113

108

50

52

3

3

247

245

ComSuper (NC)

.

.

5

.

94

.

128

.

75

.

3

.

305

.

Customs & Border Protection (NC)

36

.

18

.

2281

.

2176

.

599

.

21

.

5131

.

MRT - RRT (NC)

1

.

5

.

146

.

98

.

37

.

3

.

290

.

Private Health Insurance Ombudsman (NC)

.

.

.

.

1

.

6

.

5

.

.

.

12

.

Australian Institute of Criminology (NC)

.

.

.

.

4

.

8

.

9

.

.

.

21

.

TUSMA (NC)

.

.

.

.

.

.

3

.

8

.

.

.

11

.

Total

1393

1766

3505

3214

43319

43284

49865

51368

36051

35672

2391

2544

136524

137848

Connect with APSC

The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) is a central agency within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio. The Commission supports two statutory office holders: the Australian Public Service Commissioner - who is also agency head - and the Merit Protection Commissioner. Their functions are set out in sections 41(1) and 50(1), respectively, of the Public Service Act 1999.